Your lead at the top is down to one point
Beşiktaş beat Kocaelispor 2–1 and are now a single point behind you (1)(18)(19). Orkun and Vlahovic scored (18). You sit 1st on 16 points from 7 games, +5 goal difference, form W L W L W.
Trabzonspor won 3–0 at Samsunspor in week 7 as well (12). Both rivals picked up three points while you were beating Kasımpaşa 3–1 on Friday (9)(13).
Barcelona at RAMS Park on Tuesday
Champions League, Tuesday, October 13, 21:00 CEST, at RAMS Park (2)(6). Hansi Flick is not treating it lightly: "Galatasaray have a fantastic striker like Osimhen. They really have a great squad. We need to be ready for this match" (9).
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Ismail Jakobs on the atmosphere: "Det bliver en fantastisk kamp. Vi bliver utroligt motiverede. Stadion vil brænde" (13). That means a fantastic game, and a stadium that will burn.
Buruk's plan: the Liverpool blueprint
Okan Buruk will use last season's approach against Liverpool as the template for Barcelona (1)(4)(10)(16). The idea is compact defending and early goals to get on the front foot (10).
Gündoğan is staying
İlkay Gündoğan shut down the exit talk. "Transfer haberleri doğru değil," he said, adding he wants to stay beyond the winter and win another title here (2)(5)(7)(11).
Bruno Fernandes link
Galatasaray have been linked with Bruno Fernandes (8).
Winter window planning has started
The club have begun work on the mid-season window, with decisions being made on players in the current squad (3).
What's next
Barcelona at home on Tuesday at 21:00 CEST (2)(6). Then Genclerbirligi away on Saturday, October 17 at 15:00 CEST, and Lille away in the Champions League on Wednesday, October 21 at 18:45 CEST.
